- PepsiAmericas
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company_name = PepsiAmericas, Inc.
company_type =Public (NYSE|PAS)
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location =Minneapolis, Minnesota ,USA
key_people = Robert C. Pohlad, Chairman & CEO
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industry =Beverage distribution
products =Pepsi Sunny Delight Hawaiian Punch Country Time Lemonade Lipton Dr Pepper Cadbury-Schweppes Frappuccino (forStarbucks )
revenue = $4.5 billionUSD (2007 )
homepage = [http://www.pepsiamericas.com/ www.pepsiamericas.com]PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE|PAS) is the world's second-largest
bottler ofPepsi-Cola products, and also contracts to produce beverages forCadbury-Schweppes and smaller regional brands. PepsiAmericas has 19 bottling plants in the United States and has presence in 11 countries in Central/Eastern Europe and 5 countries in the Caribbean. PepsiAmericas is based inMinneapolis, Minnesota .PepsiCo, Inc. holds a 41.1% stake in the company.Management
* Robert C. Pohlad – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
* Kenneth E. Keiser – President and Chief Operating Officer, Worldwide
* Alexander H. Ware – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
* Michael Durkin – Executive Vice President, PAS U.S. Operations
* James R. Rogers – Senior Vice President, PAS International Operations
* Matthew E. Carter – Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
* Jay S. Hulbert – Senior Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain
* Anne D. Sample – Senior Vice President, Human ResourcesHistory
In 2000, Whitman Corp., a Pepsi bottler, purchased PepsiAmericas and took the acquired company's name. [ [http://www.nndb.com/company/395/000124023/ Profile of PepsiAmericas] ] Whitman was originally founded as the
Illinois Central Railroad . It later diversified out of railroads and into Pepsi bottling, going by the names Illinois Central Industries in 1962, IC Industries in 1975 and Whitman Corp. in 1988. [ [http://www.nndb.com/company/240/000127856/ Profile of Whitman Corporation] ]External links
* [http://www.pepsiamericas.com/ PepsiAmericas, Inc.]
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